Upper secondary education, 2008

Since 2004, the number of apprentices has expanded every year. From 2004 to 2008, the number of apprentices rose by nearly 9 200 or 32 per cent. Almost 21 300 candidates sat vocational examinations in the school year 2007/2008; an increase of 2 000 from the previous year.

9 per cent are immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents

There were 226 000 pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education as per 1 October 2008. A total of 19 700 of the pupils, apprentices and trainees were immigrants or Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, 13 400 immigrants and 6 300 Norwegian-born to immigrant parents respectively.

Increase in number of trainees

There were approximately 1 000 trainees in upper secondary education in autumn 2008; an increase of 150 from the previous year. Trainees aim for a less comprehensive test than the vocational examination. Two out of three trainees were boys.

Tables:

• Table 1 Completed educational programmes in upper secondary education, by gender and results - school year 2007/08
• Table 2 Vocational examination candidates, by category and results. School year 1998/99-2007/08
• Table 3 Pupils, apprentices, trainees in upper secondary education, students and participants in upper secondary education, by age, type of school/institution and gender. 1 October 2008
• Table 4 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by field of study1, grade and county of residence. 1 October 2008
• Table 5 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, by education programmes /field of study. Percentage of women. 1 October 2008
• Table 6 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrants, by gender. 1 October 2008
• Table 7 Pupils, apprentices and trainees in upper secondary education in per cent of registered cohorts 16 -18 years, immigrants and norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by gender. 1 October 2008
• Table 8 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by age and county of residence. 1 October 2008
• Table 9 Pupils in folk high schools, long courses, by gender, age and completed/not completed education. School year 2007/2008